Chef's Face Off - Update!!!

So its a wrap.

It was something. Mystery basket included Chocolate powder. Eggplant. Cardamom pods. A coconut still in its husk. Tomato pepper sauce. Pickled vegetables. Fresh tomatoes. With a pantry that had only fresh mint, basil and cilantro, bell peppers, onions, milk, butter and dried spices. No rice, pasta or flour. We had 35 minutes to whip up a dish using all the ingredients provided. 10 minutes in, we were stopped and asked to switch stations. The horror. 10 minutes after, we were asked to take something from the other person's station. I ended up presenting a Thai style coconut and lemon soup with a temper (sort of like a really intense fried concoction of chicken and onions and vegetables and herbs...seasoned and fried till crispy) which went in the middle of the bowl of soup for intense flavor and texture.

Thank you to all the blog readers that came up and introduced themselves and kept yelling Go Uzo during the cook-off. LOL

Enjoy!!!

And I am baaaaaccckkk!!!!! Really back this time......

Its been an amazing time at Uzo's Food Labs and I admit I haven't had much time to blog. But I finally have a clone (lol) and all is well in the world and I can get back to blogging regularly.

So quick recap of some of the fun stuff I have been up to:

• I started hosting the Friday Food segment on The Spot on EbonyLifeTV (channel 165 on DSTV bouquet) and its been an amazing journey.
• Recreational cooking classes have started and I will share more details in posts to come
• The Uzo's Food Labs website is under construction with lots of fab features that I cant wait to share but you know these things go. Best to keep quiet until its absolutely done in case my web designer disappears.

There are a few more exciting things in the works but until its signed, sealed and delivered, mums the word.

So here we go.....

Welcome

Welcome to the Uzo's Food Labs blog.


Its been a long time in the making and I am so so proud that its finally live.


This blog will be chock full of posts on:

• Recipes from my food lab
• Food history and nutritional content
• Home care tips
• Hostess and entertainment tips
• Product reviews
• Restaurant reviews
• Answers to questions
• Fabulous giveaways
• Uzo's Food Labs exclusive events and so much more

Please leave your comments and questions after each post or send a message to uzosfoodlabs@gmail.com.


Cheers,


Uzo